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After more than five years, German virtual pay TV operator Magine TV has ceased its direct to consumer offering. Magine TV stopped offering new subscriptions as of 28 January 2019 and will officially close operations a month later, on 28 February.

Incumbent German telco Deutsche Telekom have launched a virtual pay TV offer of its IPTV service. Magenta TV Plus is now available on a standalone basis, in addition to previously available multiscreen offer.

This report analyses how telecoms operators are positioning video as a core service to maintain their market position and drivie future growth. Covering the 50 leading global operators this report provides case studies and best practices for video success.

MENA pay TV operator OSN has announced the signing of a partnership with Netflix. This deal is the first between Netflix and a pay TV operator across the MENA region. As a result of the partnership, OSN satellite subscribers will be able to access Netflix via a new hybrid set-top box, which OSN plans to launch at the end of the second quarter of 2018. Subscribers who will choose to access content from Netflix will not have to face a separate bill, instead they will be charged via their own OSN’ subscription.

Discovery Communications and ProSiebenSat.1’s joint venture has begun with the addition of Discovery’s DMAX and TLC free to air channels to 7TV, ProSiebenSat.1’s aggregated catch up and live streaming service.

German media giant ProSiebenSat.1 has closed down its online entertainment platform MyVideo. Since its launch in 2006, MyVideo’s offerings have gone through various iterations and have included music, movie and video game news as well as both paid and free to view online video content.

In a region famous for high levels of piracy and low bankcard penetation, subscription video services in MENA have struggled to have a substantial impact. Netflix and Amazon joined the market in 2016 amid a number of local and international companies all fighting for their place.

Middle East and North African pay TV provider OSN has launched a new online video service WAVO. WAVO offers access to TV, movie and sport content on a subscription basis without need of a fixed, long-term contract.

Amazon will close its DVD and Blu-Ray by mail service LoveFilm in the UK and Germany - its last remaining regions on 31st October this year. The termination comes 15 years after LoveFilm's original founding in 2002 as ‘DVDsOnTap’ and 6 years after Amazon’s acquisition of the brand in 2011.

Unitymedia, the German arm of international pay TV provider Liberty Global, has added Netflix to its Horizon set-top-box platform. The move is a part of the ongoing rollout of Netflix on Liberty’s TV platforms in Europe and Latin America.

International pay TV provider Liberty Global announced a partnership with Netflix to bring the SVoD company’s app to Liberty Global’s advanced pay TV platforms in more than 30 markets across Europe and Latin America.